Posted on 10/28/2012 7:06:10 PM PDT by tatown
If Obama wins, crow might be all that we can afford to eat.
I sure hope he’s right.
I think I will take issue with 1960. That election was stolen in Cooke County, Illinois, so Kennedy really wasn’t the true winner.
Therefore Ohio has a perfect record.
I think you are referring to JFK’s ‘win’ in 1960. I think most people may have missed that.
Ohio went for Dewey in 1944, which is not quite 70 years ago.
I hope that will still be true Nov 7th!!
“Did Rove project Mitt the likely winner yet?”
Yes he did, just a couple days ago.
Now that is a stat I like to read!!
Since 1916 when the GOP has won the popular vote, the Dem candidate has average 1.64% less than the percentage he received in the national popular , the GOP has averaged 1.97% than the percentage he received in the national popular vote.
Bump
Welcome to Free Republic. Do you live in Ohio or did you just hear this from someone. People on the ground in Ohio have been saying that Romney GOTV is the best they’ve ever seen.
1 - Since FDR, Clinton is the only Dem to have two terms.
2 - No candidate with a poll rating of 50 and above has lost.
3 - The 2010 election move away from the left.
Ohio is one fo the most blue-collar states of all. They have been hurt really badly in this recession. Obama has clout in the union held areas only, but we’ve also seen a lot of union people show up in 2010 and vote for republicans because of Obama’s policies. Like Rush says, we tea party people are not sitting this thing out. We are more energized then ever, just waiting to pull the lever and get this horrible daydream over. One guy, in PA or OH has begun having meetings in his house to inform working men about the issues in this election. He has turned about 80 democrats to republicans so far. in a fem months time. You know that these people tell others, as well. Family members. People are beginning to wake up...in the african-american community, the Hispanic communities, etc. I think this election will go down in history as the Great Awakening.
“So who is this bloke who doesn’t know the distinction in usage between “less” and “fewer” and uses singular verbs with numbers meant as collections of person, and why should we pay attention to his views?”
Bloke? Are you a Brit? That would explain your misunderstanding of the organizing principle of the English language. There are no rules in English. Yes, seriously.
English is taking over the world because it adapts and adopts new usages. If he wrote it, we understand him, and enough people accept his usage, *PRESTO* it is official English.
There is no “l’academie francaise” of English. This was fought for a few hundred years ago, but your side lost.
Southern slang, Brooklyn slang, American indian names, Spanish, etc. All are incorporated on an almost casual basis. Even though you may hate it with a purple passion, hip hop street lingo, such as “true dat”, “Bling”, “Pwned” and a zillion other phrases, become official English just through usage and acceptance.
So the actual question is, why should we pay attention to YOUR views?
We pay attention to him because of his skill reading numbers, not because of his writing skills. I am an English major—I am always very concerned about correct English and spelling usage. (Some Freepers disgust me.) But this man’s knowledge and passion is strong and straight forward. I can put aside my own prejudices and listen to him. Perhaps you can as well.
Ohio will go GOP easily.
Rove will do that on the 7th.
True. But the candidates know the truth.
In doing so, he is bringing down the Democrat Party as well by not moving resources to areas that could help other candidates.
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